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Taxon: Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla

Subsequent positions

Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814

Original entries

Questionably Allosoricinae (Subfamily) Fejfar, 1966
Questionably Crocidosoricinae (Subfamily) Reumer, 1987
Questionably Crocidurinae (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Questionably Heterosoricinae (Subfamily) Viret & Zapfe, 1951
Questionably Limnoecinae (Subfamily) Repenning, 1967
Questionably Mysarachne (Genus) Pomel, 1848
Questionably Planisorex (Genus) Hibbard, 1972
Questionably Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814

Current position

Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814 Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.

Alternative positions

Eulipotyphla (Order) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 80.
Lipotyphla (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1024.
Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.

Historical positions

Eulipotyphla (Order) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814 Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.
Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910 Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 223-224.
Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 287.
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: 1995
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 80; 4.
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 28.
Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
Lipotyphla (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1024.
Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 25g;376s;188ss;1v; ‡1g;4s;1ss; †61g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Jul 2022 [25g;376s;188ss; ‡1g; †61g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58 26g;385s
2005 R. Hutterer: 300 [25g;374s;189ss]
2005 R. Hutterer: 300 [25g;374s;189ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [21g; ‡1g; †57g]
1993 R. Hutterer 23g;312s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [21g];~272s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 3sf;[20g]
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